So the new book has come out and Atticus Finch turns out to be flawed. I've never read or seen To Kill A Mockingbird but I know outline of the story and much has been writtten about what an icon the "original" Atticus is - the principled hero, basically Rudyard Kipling's "If..." personified. There other male characters like this too - Rob Roy and Andy Dufresne for example.
Which got me wondering - what is the closest female equivalent to the "orginal" Atticus - a principled, brave heroine who would be considered a role model?
"Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it/ And - which is more - you'll be a Woman, my daughter!" doesn't rhyme or scan, but even if it did I don't think Kipling would have written that. Which books or films do you think contain female characters which come closest to achieving that ideal?